Some time ago, in DesdeLinux We explore an interesting free and open application called "AppImageLauncher" that facilitated the handling of .AppImage files on the Operating System. So today, we will explore another similar app called "GkPackage Software Manager for AppImage".
"GkPackage Software Manager for AppImage" is equal or more useful and practical than "AppImageLauncher" and that is why it is worth knowing and trying it.
And as usual, before going fully into today's topic about the app "GkPackage Software Manager for AppImage", we will leave for those interested in exploring some previous related posts with the scope of AppImage packages, the following links to them. So that you can easily explore it, if necessary, after reading this publication:
"AppImageLauncher is a application that allows you to easily run AppImage files, without having to make them executable. At the moment, it only has support for Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Netrunner and has recently added support for openSUSE. But its most interesting feature is to easily integrate AppImages with your system: AppImageLauncher can automatically add a shortcut to AppImage application to the menu / application launcher of your desktop environment (including application icon and appropriate description)." AppImageLauncher: easily launch and integrate applications in Appimage
GkPackage Software Manager for AppImage
What is GkPackage?
According to its developer in its Official website, the application "GkPackage Software Manager for AppImage" It is briefly described as follows:
"It is a voluntary and non-profit project (with a GPL license), which does everything possible to ensure that any installer package in .AppImage format works correctly, and is safe to install on any GNU / Linux Distro."
However, then they add the following to it:
“When using GkPackage, it automatically detects all AppImage packages present in any user folder. Whereas, in the "AppImage not installed" tab, GkPackage creates a list of these where the selected AppImage can be executed without installing it. And among other functionalities or features, you can also create a direct link to the selected AppImage on the desktop without having to install it. "
Features
Once installed "GkPackage", it offers us some simple and comfortable functionalities and characteristics, among which the following can be mentioned:
- It generates a simple and direct list of all the .AppImage applications installed on the Operating System.
- It allows the initial or later automatic detection of .AppImage packages on our user space. It also allows manual loading of these, if necessary.
- Performs the execution or custom installation of the detected .AppImage packages.
- It has support for several languages, including Spanish.
- And it allows its easy update from its own user interface.
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Download
For its download, there is a button described as TuxFamily, which contains the current installer file, which also comes in .AppImage format. It can also be downloaded from the website of AppImageHub y Linux apps, among others.
Installation and use
Once downloaded, you can run via GUI or CLI, in the usual way already known by many, to proceed with its installation on the Operating system and start using its interesting functionalities and features on the .AppImage files that we already have installed or that we will use in the future.
Screen shots
Next, we will show the screenshots (screenshots) about "GkPackage Software Manager for AppImage" that we got when we downloaded and installed it for the first time in our GNU / Linux Distro call Miracles:
“GkPackage allows you to install AppImage from AppImage web pages. When you download it, it will ask if you want to save to the hard disk or open with GkPackage. If you use this last option, it will automatically open the program's installation menu when the download is finished in the folder
«/tmp»
and it will copy the AppImage automatically to the hidden folder«/home/usuario/.GkAppImageLocal/applications»
created by the application. "
Summary
In summary, as you can see this interesting application called "GkPackage Software Manager for AppImage", which is also a voluntary and non-profit project (GPL license), can be very useful for many Linuxers who tend to prefer and use applications under the .AppImage format instead of others, such as FlatPak and Snap.
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